Feature Friday!

This is my very first Feature Friday! I'm very excited to share with you the Etsians that I absolutely adore, whether they be crafters, or suppliers. Today, I would like to share with you one of my personal favorite suppliers of fabric from India, Fabricana! I turn to her myself for all my silks, and the fabrics that I find difficult to find here in Turkey.

 

Shikha is a very sweet woman with magificient customer care, and a wonderful Fabric shop! As soon as one enters one sees the lush and exotic materials from Maharastra, India which are difficult to find anywhere else in the world, such as Jamawar and Sari pieces.

 As she quotes about herself in her own shop 'Being a fabraholic that I am I love collecting different kinds of fabric from various places across my beautiful country'. Shikha offers various authentic trims such as Kutch and Maharani trims,  and rich stone studded jacquard trims and scalloped laces.

The quality of the materials she offers are some of the best I have seen, and I absolutely love her silk dupioni. I know you wonder if her prices are reasonable, and I must say Yes! This is why I'm such a loyal customer! I find that Shikha is one of those rare suppliers of material that is incredbly fair in her pricing and shipping, which is difficult to find. With so many people interested in gaining a profit from shipping costs, it has become a rarity to find a supplier that has such astounding integrity to match her fantastic customer service, and fabulous products!

Thursday! Just Thursday!

Welcome to 'Just Thursday' Thursday!  Today has been a somewhat productive day, yet, in a non-productive sort of way. I know that makes no sense, but here is my explanation. I planned on doing quite a lot today, as I have been spending entirely way too much time on twitter and Etsy. Yes, I am a tweet-aholic, and an Etsy addict. Please don't make me point out my own weaknesses, as that's not very nice. None, the less, it's true!

So, since I had planned on actually getting some work done, I managed to produce a rather nice Treasury for the Turkishteam on Etsy, which I am now a member of, as well as lengthen an advertisement for the promotion of our month long sale. Okay, that makes two tasks down, but what else did I do? I tweeted like a maniac, did some housework- which is not directly productive for my store, but it helps inspire me in a weird way, and ate a bit more ice cream than I needed in an attempt to cool off while I pined the rest of my evening away complaining of how hot I was. We have no A.C here. Yes, I am a baby when it comes to handling the heat, but at least it isn't as bad as the humid New Orleans heat.

So, since I wasn't as productive as I planned to be by creating things for my Etsy store, it pushed me to actually get something done today, and I managed to sketch out a piece for the Haute Couture Beading Contest ending in November. Therefor I was productive in a non-productive sort of way or rather, due to my non-productiveness I became slightly productive. I quite like the piece I will be creating, and I'm excited to get started! I think I may post some pictures during the process, but I'm undecided about that as I may keep it a complete surprise. Here's a hint!

On another note! I actually have an idea for a giveaway in the works. I think I may spend the next month working on a special giveaway prize, while meshing out the details of the giveaway. I love the idea of creating a OOAK piece for someone rather than something dsuplicated. It makes the giveaway even more special in my opinion. So, I guess I'll be sketching up something for that soon too!

Well, That's all for Just Thursday! I look forward to tomorrow as it's my very first Feature Friday!!! Yay!